Basically, it is a genius design some unknown African came up with about 800 years ago Learn More About Kalimba History   People ask me all the time: “Why do some kalimbas have some upward-bent tines?” The short answers: it is a design element in many traditional African kalimbas, permitting two interleaved rows of tines, … Continue reading Why Do Some Kalimbas have Upward-bent tines?